Disinfectant holder or container.



J. R. O. BOGIE.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER 0R CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1911.

991,825. Patented May 9,1911.

UNITE STES ica.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER 0R CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ROBERT CART- wRIeHT Boern, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Urmston, Lancashire, England, have invented an Improved Disinfectant Holder or Container, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automatic disinfectant holders or containers chiefly for use in water closet and like cisterns and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple construction of holder which insures of an even quantity of disinfectant being withdrawn with each discharge of the cistern.

A further object is a construction of holder which comprises a minimum of parts made entirely of earthenware or the like and therefore not liable to corrode.

The construction of holder and its application to a cistern are illustrated upon the accompanying drawing, whereon,

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the holder. Fig. 2 illustrates, in section, the holder in position in a cistern. Fig. 3 illustrates a view of the underside of the cover or cap of the holder. Fig. 4 illustrates how the cover is attached to the body of the holder.

According to the invention, the holder comprises a cylindrical shaped vessel or receptacle a, made entirely of porcelain or the like, and formed with a screw thread at its upper and open end. It also comprises a cap or cover 6, also made of porcelain or the like, and also formed with a screw-thread to enable it to be screwed on to the receptacle a. One edge of the cap or cover I) is higher than the other, and the top surface of the cap is inclined and slightly curved, see Figs. 1, 2 and 4. In such inclined upper part of the cap Z) are two (or more) perforations or openings 0, 0 one near the higher side andthe other near the lower side of the cap. Formed centrally in the lower face of the cap is a parallelsided channel or recess (Z, which extends from one side of the cap to the other, see Fig. 3. This recess forms a measuring chamber. The remaining parts of the cap or cover 6 are preferably formed solid. The perforations c, 0 open into the recess.

In using the holder the disinfectant which is usually in block form, is placed in the holder, the size of the block being sufficient to fill the receptacle a to the level of its top Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 20, 1911.

Patented May a, 1911.

Serial No. 609,780.

edge, see Fig. 2. The cap I) is then screwed on, and the complete holder placed in the cistern as shown in Fig. 2. As the cistern fills, the water flows into the holder through the opening 0 until it has filled the recess d up to the level of the opening 0. In thus filling the recess a definite quantity of water comes in contact with the disinfectant corresponding to the capacity of the recess. With the cistern fully filled with water, and preparatory to being emptied, it will be understood that the water, filling the recess (Z, from the fact of its being in contact with the disinfectant, will be gradually charged. hen, therefore, the cistern is emptied the charged water lying between the level of the opening 0 and the opening 0 will also be drawn off, thus giving a definite volume of disinfectant.

By being made only of two parts the holder is cheaply made, and with such parts made entirely of porcelain they are in no way liable to rust, or to injuriously affect the disinfectant, or the cistern.

The inclination of the top face of the cap Z) may vary according to the desired capacity of the recess (Z desired.

As a modification the central part of the cap may be raised and the outer sides shallow, one of the perforations then being in the raised central part and another in one or both of the shallow parts. In this connection it will be observed that the main requirement is to provide a cap in which is formed a measuring chamber such as (Z with one part higher than another, and with one perforation in the higher part and another in the lower part, the chamber and perforations all being in the one article.

For the purpose of compelling the water to impinge against the block of disinfectant, the recess d may be formed with a partition or battle, as shown in Fig. 2.

In contrast with known automatic disinfectant holders there are no tubes, or corks or other removable fittings and the action is in no way dependent on any mechanically operated parts. In certain holders as heretofore proposed the cover has been of metal and the measure of the disinfected liquid has been determined by an opening in the body part of the holder, and an opening in a metal lid," but in this invention both openings are in the cap and are used with a measuring chamber of fixed capacity and in no way dependent on the adjustment of the cap. The body of the vessel a will preferably be formed with a fairly solid base, while the holder will be so proportioned that it will not be easily displaced when in posi tion in the cistern.

What I claim is 1. An automatic disinfectant holder or container comprising a vessel a made of porcelain and a cap or cover I) also made of porcelain, and such cap adapted to fit and close the open end of the said vessel, and having a channel on its underside and also having two holes in its top face, one at a higher level than the other, and both extending from the said recess to the eX- terior of the cap, as set forth.

2. An automatic disinfectant holder or container comprising a vessel a made of porcelain and a cap or cover 6 also made of porcelain, and such cap adapted to fit and close the open end of the said vessel, and having a channel on its underside and also having two holes in its top face, one at ahigher level than the other, and both extending from the said recess to the eX- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

